diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
index 35a42e23f..9acff6c57 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ typedef struct _CoglDisplayEGL
   EGLSurface egl_surface;
 
   EGLConfig egl_config;
-  gboolean found_egl_config;
 
   EGLSurface current_read_surface;
   EGLSurface current_draw_surface;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
index 503fd868b..e29eab65b 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/winsys/cogl-winsys-egl.c
@@ -461,8 +461,6 @@ _cogl_winsys_display_setup (CoglDisplay *display,
   if (!try_create_context (display, error))
     goto error;
 
-  egl_display->found_egl_config = TRUE;
-
   return TRUE;
 
 error: